Pacific General is a private equity firm founded in 2019 with offices in New York and Seoul, investing in consumer and industrial businesses. Its restaurant track record is short but fast: it scaled Playa Bowls before exiting in 2024, and it now holds two fast-casual brands Ferret tracks. The two deals are not the same shape, though. It bought a majority of Lenwich outright in March 2025, while at Naya it led the new capital into a continuation vehicle that TriSpan still sponsors and controls. Both founders stayed on as CEO.
2 companies on Ferret
Lenwich
Dining · 18+ locations — A Manhattan sandwich counter that still looks like a neighborhood institution, with founder Lenny Chu at the helm since 1989. But a private equity firm took majority control in March 2025, and the plan now is franchising and national expansion.
Naya
Dining · 48+ locations — Naya is the Lebanese fast-casual chain Hady Kfoury built from his mother's recipes. He still runs it as CEO, but TriSpan has controlled it since 2020 and stayed in control through a 2025 deal led by Pacific General.
Firm data last updated August 2026